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# تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 11.5.3

تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار 11.5.3

- **Language:** Arabic

### [11.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.11.5.3)

ينسخ نسخا من الكتاب العزيز، ويبيعها فيقتات بثمنها ! وقد وقفني القاضي كمال الدين على مصحف بخطه متقن محكم الكتابة، ثم إن نائبه غياث الدين بلبن قتله وملك بعده ، ولبلبن هذا خبر ظريف نذكره.

> he used to make copies of the Noble Book and sell them, living on what they fetched! The qāḍī Kamāl al-Dīn showed me a copy of the Qurʾān in his hand, exact and finely written. Then his deputy Ghiyāth al-Dīn Balban killed him and reigned after him. This Balban has a curious story, which we shall relate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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